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P.M I. : ~: /I.IV HISTORICAL RECITAL OF ThE CAMPAIGN OF BUONA PA RTE IN ITALY, IN THE YEARS 1796 AND 1797. OF THE SEIZURE OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHURCH, AND OF THE ROBBERY OF THE MOUNTS OF PIETY. We have seen that BUONAPARTE, on his entrance into Italy, promised the natives " friendship and fraternity :" he also promised to deliver them from what he called " the yoke of the Austrians," and to procure theirs a liberty of which he was pleased to suppose them deprived. He not only promised them this, but he solemnly engaged himself to the per formance of it ; since a Proclamation of a Com mander in Chief is a sacred word, which he cannot violate, without disgracing himself, and compromis ing the Nation in whose name he speaks. Let us now see, Ivlat species of happiness Buo- NAPARTE showered upon his new " brothers and friends." He closely followed, in every instance, the fraudulent and perfidious steps of the first Re volutionists of France. These miscreants, to flatter the Nation which they pretended to enrich, had de clared all the property of - the Churcl► " National Pro perty ;" but very soon afterwards, all this National property, instead of turning to the general advan tage, fell into the hands of a few favoured individuals, who purchased it at an insignificant price. BUONAPARTE, iu lik6'manner, declared in Italy, . that the effeas of the Church were " National Ef fedts," and, as had already happened in France, these National effeC.ts were partly disposed of; but, with this difference, that in France, these effeas were sold to Frenchmen who were enriched by them; while, in Italy, they were not purchased by Italians, but were thrown almost entirely into the hands of Frenchmen, who thus exhausted the Country. BUONAPARTE r!ized on a prodigious quantity himself, his satellites followed his example, and the " National Effects" of Italy became, with few exceptions, the prey of strangers! The Bishoprics, the Chapters, the Monastries were all despoiled, and this robbery was the more odious, because, generally speaking, the Churches in Italy are by no means tich, and it is impossible to break in upon their revenues without affe&ing the means of divine worship, and the subsistence of the 'Ministers of Religion. But, no matter ! BUONA VARTE, a destroyer by rapacity, and by a contempt of Religion, seized upon these effeets, and, in his quality of Corsican, bad the malignant satisfa&ion.of plundering the Italians ! . • But BLIONTAPeiRTE did not confine himself to pillaging the property of the Church and of the Ivionastri.ts : he also laid hi> hands on the Mounts of Piety, general or for lending money on 'pledges. very one knows that in. Italy, these Mounts of Piety were established for the advantage of the Poor, and, on this account, are truly sacred : but, besides this, a great number of private persons, and 'even of CoMmunities, .placed their cipit9is in them, and sometimes the whole of "their fortune. 'neve was not the slightest pretext for plundering these esta blishments : they turned to the advantage of the Na tion, and of private families; they had therefore been constantly resPeEled, and,'amidst every kind of pro peaty, that of the Mounts of Piety had always 'been considered as the most solid. But what property is sacred for.BuoNArAnTE ? He plundered then, .these depositaries, without being moved either by the re mo:lstraneei of" the different towns, the cries.of in dividuals, or the despair of a number of families who were about to be.reduced by it to the must deplor able indigence ! Every thing was seized ; and he who had soletnuly pro raised to resi)eet property, committed a national robbery of the roost atrocious kind, and which viol-ai,ed in the highest degree the rights of soei:d Government ! One exception, however, BUONAPARTEIdde it was in favotir of the Mount of Piety at Irnora. Th,-.! Bishop of :h . } icity o as Cardinal CIIIARAMONTE, at p!vsent Pope, under the name of Pilis VII. He s ishect to avert the.blOW - WhiCh:threaten'el his dio cesans : he went, tlkrefor : c.•,,,t to Buol: AP Arcr 4, whom he ha.d i l / 4 -Teived into.hisTalare with-4very mark of di s tin4i o rr, and besought hit not to ruin the Mount of Piety of 1, nola. BUONAS-ARTE rejeCted his prayer with a sneer c the virtuous prelate persisted for the interest of his look, he pre'ssed him, he _conjured him, not to 'nth% so deep a wound; finally, be iew himself at 1\ is feet, and' refuSed to rise till he lid' obtained this ft .your. He obtained it at length, but—hear me to th t • concIusion.•—BUONAPARTE re ceived in exchange,. and took for Itimse!, 7 , all the pl ate w hi c h w a s in Episcopal • Pala - ce of Imola,' and this was not a ;Mall quantity. He took also the jewels, crosses, a nd diamonds which the Cardi nal had in the Epi!,i opal Chapel: He - took away every thing which •c , :ti .Id-be taken .; and, in contempt of the. ) holy laWs of 110 he left bare. and un furnished a palace Nu Rich be bad found richly pro vided with every titrt ,; at the moment of his arNd recount this fa& with pleasure, -because it proves a noble soul i n the Bishop of Imola, who ramorned the plander of his diocese by the sactifie of his own . property,; and evinces, at the same time, a base and atrocious soul in the Republican General, who, d'etermined to ipillao some one before his de parture, rigicliy,and entirely despoiled a Man venera ble for his high plnce, no less than his goodness, who had treated him with the most noble, the most generous hospitality ! ! If it be thus that BuoNA k PARTS does good actions, let the reader judge of the nature of his crimes. It will be a subje& of astonishment, perhaps, how the Italians, naturally warm and quick of feel ing, could suffer their ChurcheS to be thus legiously pillaged—they, in whom a respe6t for re ligion is deeply implanted; how they could tran quilly permit their property of every kind io be seized before their eyes, without making the slight est resistance. Was not here a motive to contend with perseverance, with obstinacy,' for the two objects most dear to man, pro axis et locis ? And, in truth, this seems altogether astonishing; but the wonder will cease, when we know that BUONAPARTE, to prevent the possibility of resistance, bad taker' the most tyrannical and perfidious pre cautions. This odious hypocrite, this pretended re store' of the liberty of Italy, began by disarming all the . inhabitants ! An order was given, and this order was general and rigorous ; so rigorous, indeed, that the pain of death was pronounced against every man who did not surrender his ai."s. It was given, and literally executed; and a number of persons who were desirous either of retaining valuable arms, or of providing a means of defence against therobbers, were murdered with the most unrelenting cruelty, Human nature shudders at the recital of such an un paralleled degree of oppression ; but the fa& itself is not the less certain. " Arms," says JUVENAL, " are never wanting to those who have been de spoiled of every thing else." spoliatis arma supersunt ! But, in the present instance, this resource, in con sequence of the infernal forecast of BUONAPARTE, absolutely' f'ailed them. 'Two classes of men only were now to be found inltaly the first, composed of armed robbers, indulged in every excess, every species of violence, without fear; these had BUONA PARTE at their head. The second, composed of vietims to their rapacity, entirely disarmed, could only oppose to the most ferocious and general rob bery, a deep, but impotent despair ! And it is by step' like these; that this cowardly, perfidious, and blood-thirsty Corsican, has obtained the summit of human grandeur. END OF THE FIRST PART. To becontinued.] MAILS. ARRIVED-3 Waterfcrd. (;(Itenburgh, 1 Malta, i Dublin, I iNateiturcl. PR ICE STOCKS THIS DA L i WI,L-V'S O ' CLOCK. Consols . TEI SUN. SULAM QUIS DICSISZ TALSUM-AUDSAT L o ND 0 N, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1308. It is with flinch regret that we inform our Readers that intelligence of an unfavonrable nature has been, received from Spain. General . BLAKE, we are sorry to say, has sustained a defeat, in consequence of which the French were enabledt.oniake possession of Burgos and were advancing towards Valladolid, with the in tention 'of proceeding towards Madrid. No details have reached this Country upon which any reliance can be place'd respeaing, the defeat of General BLAKE, but of the fiik?t we fear:there is no doubt. AithoUgh we.deeply lament that the Enemy should haire obtained these advantages over the gallant - Spa niards, yet we are far fiom considering them as de cisive of the contest. The British Troops have not yet come into ataion. Aeinfortemen's are advan cing towards the Armies from all parts of Spain, and we entertain the most sanguine hopes that be fore many weeks have elapsed, the French will have reason to regret the temerity which induced them to advance so far. WE this"morning received Spanish Papers to the 19th inst. from which we have made the fullowing extraets : COKUNNA, Nov. 18.—We have no material news at present. The French have re-entered Burgos, but it is hoped er this they have been obliged to withdraW from thence, as the army of Estreniadura was advancing thither. The - Galithans will not allow that BLAKE has been superseded, but that he has been removed to the command of CASTANOS'S army, who is named Ceirialander in Chief. • Since writing the above, mooning have been re ceived; which state, that a division of: 41)00 SI Oriish . , 'troops, compcing a part of the artny of EStremadura, which was advancing from Madrid, fell in with the french detachment wlhich had been at Burgos, three leagues - beyond that - oily, and experienced a r. severe check. It is said the loss on both skins' was Considerable. We cannot learn an;: thing of the date of this rencontre." . GRANADA, Nov: I.—By official Letters Ivbie,ll the Supreme Junta in this place has received, it ap pearsthat the Ladies of 'Cadiz have presented the army with 50Ago_ shirts and ... 40G0 uniforms. This generous trait of patriotism ought to be made uni versally known, that it may incite all loyal Spanish women . to devote their exertions to an ohjc& 'in which their honour and happiness are so deeply con cerned.—j(COmnna Dia ry of Nov . - • 'MADRID, 'Nov. 2. Yesterday 8,000 troops marched from this,place for Burgos. The regiment of the volunteers directed its march to Alcala. All Generals and Officers of any rank whatsoever, have rece:ved orders immediately to join their respeEtive corps. 'Oval)°, Nov. 7.—His Excellency Don VIN CENT MARIA DE ALTVEDO, has communicated to the Supreme Junta, frbm. his head-quarters at Vil laro, in Biscay, the following intelligence, under date of the 28th of last month : " By order of the General in Chief of the army of the left, which I received in Quincoaces, .the 23d inst. at eight o'clock at night, I marched the follow ing day, early in the rnorning,•for Rehpalcliza, with the regiments of infantry of Villaviviosa, Castropol Luarca, Candas, and Graclo, and 140 dragoons of the Queen'6 regiment ; leaving in Orduna, under the. orders of Major-General Don GREGOR'S BER NADODE JUVIOS, the regitrients of Hibernia, Ovie do, Cangas, Sales, and Lena. " In Respaldiza, I received on the 26th ult. at half past three o'clock in the morning, another order, to march to this place . the second division of the', Army- of Galicia, commanded by Major-General Don RAPHAEL MARTINENGO, and composed of the regiments of Navarra, Naples, Pontevedra, and Betanzos, the third battalion of Leon, - tbevolunteers of Vittoria, being• ordered to join me, which was accordingly done in OroZio. " The third battalion of Leon, and that of Chas seurs, and the regiment of Botanzos, have since been detached from this envision, and forin not at present any of its effeaive force. " In Orozio, I left the Regiments of Villaviviosa, the battalion of Volunteers of Vittoria, and 20 Dra goons of the Regiment of the Queen.. under the orders of Brigadier General Major MALESPENCE, to observe the advanced. parties in Murgula, and watch the enemy's movements against Orduna. " I yesterday removed my head-quarters to this town, General BLAKE having established his in Zomosa, three leagues from this place. 'The ene my's line extends - from Durango to Ochandiano and Miranda on the Ebro, and still occupies the .posi lion of Pancorbe. The French are in constant mo tion, marching and counter-marching from one • point to another. • VICH, OCT. 27.--Several Letters received from Tarragona state,' that the troops from Portugal hive disembarked in that town. They add, that the Con voy which brings General VIVES and the remainder of the troops from Majorca, is lying a-breast off that part. The Army of Estramadura, composed of 20,000 warriors, all anxious to beat the Enemy, must by this time have reached Burgos, and we may there fore expea that we shall soon receive the Burgos Letters which are rnissing.—(Corunna Diary, ..Nov. Our Readers will find in a subsequent" column the Proclamation of General .LINIERS to the Intrabi 'tants of Buenos Ayres, upon the receipt of the intelligence 'of the. forced Abdication of FEaDI NAND VII. It is Couched , in such terms, that there could be no doubt of his intention to promote the views of BUONAPARTE to the utmost of his .power. We are happy, however, to find from subse quent accounts, that his plans have - completely failed, and thai he has been arrested 'and put in prison.— The Governor of Aioute Video has displayed the utmost energy in maintaining the cause .of his Le gitimate, 'Sovereign, and the inhabitants of Monte Video and Buenos Ayres have unanimously deter mined to follOw the glorious example set them by the Motlier.country. The Lady Pellew Packet arrived at Falmouth on the 22d inst. from Corunna, which place she left on the 19th inst. The letters will hot be delivered till to-morrow. A Fleet of Transports, that sailed from Corunna on the morning of the Igth, were recalled, and the Packet left them - in the Harbour with the Tonnant and a Frigate. Yesterday, a Court of Dire&ors was held at the East India House, when Captains D'ESTERRE and BRADFORD were sworn into the comthands of the United Kingdom, for St. Helena and Bengal; and Lard Duncan., for Madras and Bengal. _ _ The undermentioned times were fixed for the Ships lately taken up, viz, Coutts,' for China; SurrY and Metcalfe, for Madras and Bemo I ; Devonshire, for Ceylon 411 . (1 Iletty,al; and the Mar quis of Vtiellesley, for Bombay ; to be afloat the i cteof la nuary, fg,:9, sail to Gravesend the . 3tv,.stay there 3o days, and be.in the Downs the 9th of Niarch. City of. London, .Dover Castle, and Castle Eden, to be afloat the ist of Ja nuary',-sail to Gravesend the tsth, stay there so days, and be in the'Oowns the - z.tst of february. NAVAL NEWS. PLY MOUTH, Nov. 23.—Arrived the Brig Liinfilo lioniz, from St. John's (Newfoundland), hound IG this Port,, i3den with fish and oil ; the Schoor“ Friendship, REDMAN, from Cork, bound to this Port, with provisions; and the Suqt, HIGHER, from 0 11 same place, with provisions. Arrived tl , Princess Elizaleth Packet, Captain KIDD, with ails and Passengers from Lisbon , bound to Fal uth, overshot the latter place •on . Monday morning, in a fog.. Th e f o llowing came passengers in her, viz.—The Marchioness of DION' TEIRA, Lady FiIiDER ICE:, Lady HARRIET, and Lady LOUISA, sister's to the Marchioness; Senior AN TONIO M. PEDR A, Senior JEREMIAS AMAICTES, and 1 J. F. LOUVEGO, P tugue se M erc h ants ; B aron SECI44 a German Lieute nt i Colonel LLOYD, of the Ira Rangers; k Rev. SAM. CORBUSHLEY, and Mr. kill' BISHOP. , . ISLANDS or SCILLY, Nov. 22.—Came it a French Schooner, prize to the Amazon Frigate, from 149 11 r" deaux to Martinico, laden with brandy, wine, bale s , of linen, cambric, barrels of flour, and a great V 0 riety of other goods; shehad only been a few weeic s out from I3ourdeaux, quite new, and was intende d as a Privateer, if she got safe to Martinico. Cattle in also a Chasse Margie, Prize to the Saturn, of 7 4 guns, laden with. wine, bound to Plymouth ; the Ship Urania,'GILBERT TULLOCK, Master, from Newfoundland, bound to Pool Speculator, BEAR, from Waterford to London ; Superb, JONES, from Carnarvon to London ; Echo, SMITII, from Arundel ' .to Milford ; Alexander, "SANDYS, from Waterford to London ;‘ Brothers, DALTON, from Plymouth to Swansea; Industry, EDWARDS, from Beaumaris to London ; Ceres, OWEN, from London to 'London-.• derry. • The wind having veereJ to the S. W. the whole, of the Fleet, nearly about 200 Sail, of Coasters/ Transports, &c. are now under weigh, with a fai‘ . wind] •up Channel. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 23.—Sailed His MajestY l 'e Ships Racoon, Jasper, and Scorpion on a eruize i also the Hope, PALMER, for Sunderland, and t lit7 Friends, KENT, for Newhaven. Arrived the, Boa Esperana Ilfargaretta, PO O5l with loss of anchor and cable, from. the Mediteriv near. The Weymouth, LLEWELLYN, reported in yester' day's list to have arrived from thence, also lost 3 anchor and cable coming in ; and the i)art,Woßns , of same convoy, in the gale of last Friday, had be f boat and two men washed overboard—the latter were unfortunately drowned, as they could rende r them no assistance,' on account of the violence 4 'OO • the gale, in which the convoy were separated) 4 • about 30 Sail are supposed . to have been bl 3vill past this port and proceeded to Standgate Creek , . An Enemy's Privateer is stated by the Fleet tt7 have been amongst them during the gale. • COWES, Nov. 23.—Yesterday was brought is lt °' this Port, the Schooner Francis, Capt. PAIsM °II ,..% belonging to Exeter, tint last from Cardiff, "' it " cargo of iron, and bound for London, this vesse l was discovered laying in a most dangerous situation, at the b the hazard o this Island, when Several persons,WOP off at of their lives, and suc ceeded in bringing her safe in here. , She had been previously abandoned, by the crew, and not a soul was on board. • Passed by the Encounter Gun-brig, with the Sloog. Hope, J. ALLEN, Master, who ha,d been taken 617 the Isle of Wight by a French PriVateer, and retake,. as above; the Master was taken out , by the'Priyate.e.' :=1 i:-Pa „o" e i reveab '' yi t he Yesterday, about twrve o'clock, their Al and l T a r ct s froi n the a Windsor, they were .w at ei : e the ce Queer ' i Dukes of YORK, • K ENT , ana C UMBERLA ND' -1: a s 5 short time aft e r, h er M AJESTY an d th e pate'SCf honoured Lady CHARLOTTE FINCH with a Vio l- - her apartments in St. James's Palace. At half past three o'clock her MA.I,ESTY, the P llll4 ' the: CESSES, the Princess CHARLOTTE Of `VALES' Dukes of YORK, CLARENCE, KENT, CUMBEHLAN' and SUSSEX, dined with the Duke of C A NBRib° I at his apartments in St. James's Palace. y t, e _At two o'clock His MAJESTY held a private lie.' at the Queen's Palace, which was attended by The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, 'F';. First lord of the.'Treasury, the Lord Privy Seal, the Seipe taries of State for ti e Herne 'and Foreign Dep.rtment% ) ,, , First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the' f,,%,,, G 11, quer, the Lord Chief I ustice of the Court of Kings PY' LO O' tne fudge Advocate, the Bishop of Ely, the; Recorder of don, Viscount Deerhurst, Lords licathfield (Gold Stie." ; ri, 1-ielen's.(in waiting), Col. Walker, Cal t. Boy leS,,anct Mc' Coventry, Fawkener and Greville. Thu foll Owing had the honour of being ,present to His INIAJESTY COlonel. Walker, of the soth Regiment, upon his Wu ; from Portugal. A Lictv Vitconnt l)eerhurst, upon' his being appointed Lor tenant lor the County ot Worcester. ; a e Captain Boyles, o; the Royal Navy, upon his be ing pointed Colonel in the Marines. Sl** Dr, ,DA . MPIEtt did homage before His MA upon his being translated from the Bishopric of chester to Ely. tc t,11 . 1 61/ His MAJESTY held a Privy Council , 01 0 Viscount DEERHURST w a s introduced, and s vtl • WrOf into the Lord Lieutenantcy of the County 01. cester. • f OV T His MAJESTY gave audiences to the Duke 0- ot o LAND, and the rest of the Ministers present; aL1:19400 Mr..RIDER, the Judge Advocate, who laid u` him the proceedings of some Courts Martial' Soon after five. o'clock the ROYAL FAMIO town for Winthor. , t